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Terrorists have found vote station locations

IRAQI insurgents claim to have discovered where some of the polling stations will be sited from sympathisers on the country’s electoral commission, compounding concern about terrorist attacks during voting.

The authorities have attempted to keep the location of the polling stations a secret to reduce the risk of violence next Sunday. Officials said the country’s 14.2m voters would be told where to vote closer to polling day. It is believed there will be about 5,500 polling stations throughout the country.

A senior insurgent commander from Falluja, known as Abu Abdallah, who is now based in Baghdad, said last week that rebel groups determined to disrupt the election had been provided with inside information about the polling stations that would help them plan attacks.

“The insurgents have their own spies in the electoral commission. They have leaked details of many of the locations of the polling stations that the commission has